PHILADELPHIA — For three quarters Thursday night, the Eagles played like they were still coached by Andy Reid … in the lean years, that is.

By the fourth quarter, it was too late.

Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs systematically dismantled the Eagles and their up-tempo offense, 26-16, to give Reid a measure of revenge. The Eagles axed the winningest coach in their history in December after 14 mostly successful seasons.

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The Chiefs iced the Eagles with a clock-killing drive that was textbook in every respect but the lack of a touchdown.

Ryan Succop booted his fourth field goal, a 38-yarder, with 3:21 left capping a 15-play, 75-yard drive consuming 8 minutes, 15 seconds. It gave the Chiefs their 10-point lead.

Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith was solid on third down much of the evening. In the past two games, he and Chargers quarterback David Rivers completed 17 of 23 passes against the Eagles on third down. The duo converted 9 of 15 third-down situations.

It got worse for the Eagles as they came up empty on fourth-and-20 at their 21-yard line, Michael Vick throwing incomplete for Jason Avant.

Vick was unable to finish the game, the sixth sack by the Chiefs completing his evening with 1:07 to go.

It was the eighth straight loss at the Linc for the Eagles (1-2), their longest home losing streak since 1983.

That’s also the longest active home losing streak in the NFL.

Reid and the Chiefs are 3-0. The last time the Chiefs won their first three games they reached the playoffs.

The Eagles were unable to shift gears offensively for a chunk of the second half. It was partly due to mistakes.

But LeSean McCoy, who hurt his leg late in the first half, thundered 41 yards with 11:36 remaining to cut the gap to 23-16.

It gave McCoy 158 rushing yards and the Eagles 264 on the evening. McCoy didn’t get a rush the rest of the game.

The Chiefs took a 23-9 lead with 12:56 left when Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 92 yards, capped an 8-play, 62-yard march with a 3-yard run.

Charles’ 18-yard run and Donnie Avery’s 23-yard catch-and-run were the big plays on an otherwise bland series that wore on the Eagles.

Smith completed 22 of 35 attempts for 273 yards in the game.

It was a long night for the players.

Donovan McNabb barely had completed the lengthy halftime ceremony to have his No. 5 retired with a “Thank you!” when Vick couldn’t get the handle on Jason Kelce’s shotgun snap to start the third quarter.

But Avant caught a 31-yard pass and the Eagles somehow got into scoring range despite an ugly drive full of blunders on both teams.

The Eagles pulled within 16-9 with 6:29 left in the third quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Alex Henery after a march bogged down at the 11-yard line of the Chiefs.

The Eagles kept the pressure on in the third quarter but came up empty when Henery was wide left on a 48-yard attempt.

The first half was a train wreck for the Eagles who trailed, 16-6, when McNabb and several former Eagles came out for the halftime festivities.

Showing the wear and tear of three up-tempo games in 11 days, the Eagles suffered four turnovers and gave up four sacks.

The Chiefs jumped on the Eagles during the opening kickoff as former Eagles safety Quintin Demps returned it 57 yards.

After Damaris Johnson muffed a punt at the eight-yard line of the Eagles, the Chiefs took a 3-0 lead courtesy of a four-play, minus-7 yards possession.

And it got worse when former Eagles linebacker Akeem Jordan tipped Vick’s second pass to Eric Berry, who rolled 38 yards for a score making it 10-0 with less than four minutes gone.

Two possessions later, Vick woke up the Linc with a career-long 61-yard burst after skillfully reading the defense, which collectively took the fake to McCoy. What also was notable was Vick was caught from behind after opening up a pretty good lead on the nearest Chiefs.

Two plays after that, Avant blocked his defender, then slid into the corner of the end zone to catch a 22-yard fade to pull the Eagles within 10-6 with 5:06 left in the first quarter.

Vick took a big hit on the play.

Kansas City could do almost nothing offensively. Though the Chiefs didn’t turn the ball over, their execution was so wretched it was a big deal when Succop attempted a 51-yard field goal. It was wide.